Moths of the Month (Adult Macros)
The National Moth Recording Scheme's database has records for each of the species for a vice county for a given month. The photographs are taken from the Scottish County Moth Recorders' Voucher Archive. If the Archive has a photo of the species for the Vice County then that will be shown, otherwise a photo from another Scottish VC will display.
A simple algorithm has been used to provide an indication of abundance of the species in that month (not of its abundance generally) for records since January 2000. This has been based on the number of records (not the counts within records) that the moth has for that month in that VC compared to the
total counts for that VC in that month for all species. Some inappropriate categories may therefore be shown, but any species with 'Very Unlikely', or for beginners 'Unlikely' against them should be verified with your CMR.
Emperor Moth
(Very frequent)
Poplar Hawk-moth
(Very frequent)
Elephant Hawk-moth
(Very frequent)
Garden Carpet
(Very frequent)
Red Twin-spot Carpet
(Very frequent)
Flame Carpet
(Very frequent)
Shoulder Stripe
(Very frequent)
Streamer
(Very frequent)
Spruce Carpet
(Frequent)
Small Phoenix
(Very frequent)
Red-Green Carpet
(Very frequent)
Autumn Green Carpet
(Very frequent)
Water Carpet
(Very frequent)
Rivulet
(Very frequent)
Double-striped Pug
(Very frequent)
Brindled Pug
(Frequent)
Golden-rod Pug
(Very frequent)
Satyr Pug
(Very frequent)
Currant Pug
(Very frequent)
Common Pug
(Very frequent)
Early Tooth-striped
(Very frequent)
Brown Silver-line
(Very frequent)
Brimstone Moth
(Very frequent)
Early Thorn
(Very frequent)
Lunar Thorn
(Very frequent)
Peppered Moth
(Very frequent)
Common Heath
(Very frequent)
Common Wave
(Very frequent)
Puss Moth
(Very frequent)
Sallow Kitten
(Very frequent)
Pebble Prominent
(Very frequent)
Lesser Swallow Prominent
(Very frequent)
Coxcomb Prominent
(Frequent)
Herald
(Very frequent)
Ruby Tiger
(Very frequent)
Spectacle
(Very frequent)
Silver Y
(Very frequent)
Nut-tree Tussock
(Very frequent)
Knot Grass
(Very frequent)
Small Angle Shades
(Very frequent)
Clouded-bordered Brindle
(Very frequent)
Red Sword-grass
(Very frequent)
Dark Brocade
(Very frequent)
Clouded Drab
(Very frequent)
Common Quaker
(Very frequent)
Hebrew Character
(Very frequent)
Pale-shouldered Brocade
(Very frequent)
Bright-line Brown-eye
(Very frequent)
Broom Moth
(Very frequent)
Glaucous Shears
(Very frequent)
Shears
(Very frequent)
Marbled Coronet
(Frequent)
Flame Shoulder
(Very frequent)
Red Chestnut
(Very frequent)
Least Black Arches
(Very frequent)
Peach Blossom
(Frequent)
Fox Moth
(Frequent)
Narrow-bordered Bee Hawk-moth
(Frequent)
Small Elephant Hawk-moth
(Regular)
Common Carpet
(Frequent)
May Highflyer
(Frequent)
Grey Pine Carpet
(Frequent)
Sandy Carpet
(Frequent)
Dwarf Pug
(Frequent)
Narrow-winged Pug
(Frequent)
Ochreous Pug
(Frequent)
Seraphim
(Frequent)
Clouded Border
(Frequent)
Iron Prominent
(Frequent)
Scarce Prominent
(Frequent)
Grey Dagger
(Frequent)
Light Knot Grass
(Frequent)
Angle Shades
(Frequent)
Rustic Shoulder-knot
(Frequent)
Pine Beauty
(Regular)
Beautiful Yellow Underwing
(Regular)
Broad-barred White
(Regular)
Lychnis
(Frequent)
Heart and Dart
(Frequent)
Scalloped Hook-tip
(Infrequent)
Silver-ground Carpet
(Infrequent)
Ruddy Highflyer
(Regular)
Broken-barred Carpet
(Infrequent)
Mottled Grey
(Regular)
Freyers/Edinburgh Pug
(Infrequent)
Peacock Moth
(Infrequent)
Purple Thorn
(Infrequent)
Brindled Beauty
(Infrequent)
Bordered White
(Regular)
Common White Wave
(Regular)
Buff-tip
(Regular)
Wood Tiger
(Infrequent)
Beautiful Golden Y
(Regular)
Sweet Gale Moth
(Infrequent)
Poplar Grey
(Infrequent)
Shark
(Infrequent)
Dusky Brocade
(Regular)
Chestnut
(Infrequent)
Sword-grass
(Infrequent)
Powdered Quaker
(Infrequent)
Broad-bordered White Underwing
(Regular)
Cabbage Moth
(Infrequent)
Dark Sword-grass
(Regular)
Double Square-spot
(Infrequent)
Green Silver-lines
(Infrequent)